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Year over year, we see evidence that web security is nowhere near as solid as we would hope. Some of the foundational pillars we rely on can be compromised with great ease, but there are a few common sense defenses we can put in place.

One of the things I love about ecto is that the definition of the shape of your data and the validation logic are hardly coupled at all. The benefit of this design evident in a concept as simple as user accounts.

We'll go through four things that happen to a user account, and illustrate how ecto makes things flexible, maintainable and easy!

Because Elixir and Phoenix borrow so many good ideas from the Rails ecosystem, it’s astoundingly easy for Ruby developers to become proficient in this powerful new set of tools. First, I’ll introduce Phoenix from a Rails POV, and then show two ways it can be used in conjunction with Rails.